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Women in Manufacturing (WiM) invites interested parties to submit an application to speak at SUMMIT 2015, scheduled for September 23-25, 2015, in Minneapolis, MN. This annual event is geared toward women who have chosen careers in manufacturing and want to share perspectives and network with others in the industry.   Expected to attract more than 300 professional women in manufacturing with titles ranging from production to CEO, SUMMIT 2015 will feature industry plant tours, a networking dinner, panel discussions, educational sessions and keynote presentations.   Past speakers have addressed a variety of topics, including leadership development, marketing for a manufacturing environment, effective communication strategies and lean manufacturing.   Applications are encouraged on presentation topics related to professional development or pertinent business and technical topics.   If interested in being considered to speak at SUMMIT 2015, please complete the online appl...

We are thrilled to announce that Women in Manufacturing is now a registered 501(c)6 national trade association. As Rachel Abbey McCafferty reported in Crain's Cleveland Business over the weekend, we officially filed for our new status on March 19.  We celebrated with a cake and this annoucement to our members and supporters on Twitter: A little history: When we started as an organization in 2011 we were an offshoot of the PrecisionMetalforming Association (PMA) .  Now, but now, thanks to almost 500 members, as well as the drive and determination of our leadership, we're off and running on our own. We are happy to retain the collaborative support (and office space!) of PMA. In other important news, we held our first official board meeting in Washington, D.C. last week.  Gretchen Zierick of Zierick Manufacturing Corp. will be the first chairperson of our organization, having previously served as the first female chair in the Precision Metalforming Association in 2010. Wha...

WiM and UPS® make shipping easy for your business At WiM, we’re always looking for new ways to help your business succeed, and as a result, we’re excited to partner with UPS and UPS Freight® to offer a member benefit program designed to make shipping easier and more cost effective for you. The WiM/UPS Savings Program allows you to save on a wide variety of shipping options, including small package services such as UPS Ground® and UPS Next Day Air®, and UPS Freight® shipping solutions like LTL freight and Trade Show Services. Not only will you save on your shipping, but you’ll also have access to UPS’s advanced technology and dedicated Association Team, who make ordering, tracking and shipping easier than ever. WiM has worked with UPS for years to ensure that the shipping process goes as smoothly as possible for your business, and we’re excited to continue to offer this value-adding program. The WiM/UPS Savings Program is a win-win for your business: you’ll have UPS’s renowned reliabil...

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Jessica Jeffery Senior Environmental Engineer General Motors #HearHerStory / @womeninmfg At Women in Manufacturing, we are committed to supporting women in the manufacturing sector. We firmly believe that mentorship and community-buildling will help attract and retain women in manufacturing.  As part of our mission, we feature on our blog the stories of women we admire who are currently working in manufacturing.  The following is the latest installment of our "Hear Her Story" series.   Please tell our readers a little bit about your job and what your work looks like every day. My job as an Environmental Engineer is to ensure compliance with all environmental rules and regulations, obtain necessary permits (air, water and waste), and implement and sustain community outreach activities including Wildlife Habitat Certification and GM Global Rivers Environmental Education Network. A typical day includes working with team members to implement and maintain environmental manage...

Today marked the 14th annual Introduce A Girl To Engineering Day. This year's theme, "There’s a Little Bit of Engineer in Every Girl," was celebrated on social media with the hashtag #BringItOut. Businesses, universities, libraries and others offered workshops, tours and discussion sessions to reach girls across the country and introduce them to careers in engineering. Here's a video about the campaign and this year's events:

Earlier this month, WiM Director Allison Grealis was profiled in Crain's Cleveland Business as part of their "Who to Watch in Nonprofits" series. The profile piece describes Allison's early leadership experience in high school, college, and her first job as an organizer for the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group. Asked about her roles at PMA and WiM, Allison said that finds her job "rewarding."  And she adds that she "finds inspiration in the people with whom she works, as well as in the successful, self-made manufacturers and the women in the industry she represents." “I want to impact things to be different and more inclusive for women in years to come,” she said in the article. Read the full article here .

This week, 24/7 Wall Street, released a list of the worst paying jobs for women. The rundown includes 10 professions across industries from truck drivers and bartenders to financial managers and real estate brokers. One sector not on the list?  Manufacturing.   Manufacturing has consistently offered high salaries for workers. This week, in an interview with Manufacturing.Net , Advanced Technology Services President Jeff Owens discussed salaries in the manufacturing sector.  "Perception drives many myths about manufacturing," he said.  "The largest one being that manufacturing jobs are not as professional or high paying as jobs that require a suit and tie.  Nothing could be further from the truth. Fact is, manufacturing salaries outpace retail jobs by a mile." Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) recently made the same point about the strength and stability offered by manufacturing.  "I think manufacturing is critical, frankly," he said in an interview with The B...

WiM-Wisconsin has recently announced a new program, WiM empoWer. Milwaukee Business News reported on the program saying it's "the first-of-its-kind...to serve as a resource geared toward increasing interest and inspiration in manufacturing careers for women." The article notes that WiM empoWer works in three strategic ways: • Connect leaders to mentees to cultivate relationships and experience; • Partner with local schools to aid in program enhancement and education; Photo from recent WiM-Wisconsin event with Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch • Design events and programs to inspire women, students and professionals to become leaders through the diverse opportunities within manufacturing. Want to learn more? WiM-Wisconsin plans for future programs to continue its mission of engaging women to share perspectives, gain cutting-edge manufacturing information, improve leadership and communication skills, participate in sponsoring programs and network with industry peers.

Today, there a record 67.5 million American women in the workforce. And many of those women - a full four in 10 - are now either the sole or primary earner supporting their families. But, despite these changing workforce dynamics, most American women still clock in for a "second shift" when they leave work and return home.   Research shows that even women with partners at home shoulder more of the responsibility for housework and child care. These statistics are especially relevant for working mothers who, too often, are forced to make the difficult choice to stay home with a sick child and make the call (or send the email) informing bosses and colleagues that they won't be in the office. A recent survey from the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health showed that one-third of working parents with young children find it difficult to take time off from work to care for a sick child because they worry they may lose pay or lose their jobs. The Fa...

Late last month, WiM held two events at Midwest chapters. On January 22nd, we launched our professional chapter in Cleveland and held the group's first event - a tour of Lincoln Electric. An article about the new chapter ran in the Plain Dealer.  The article quotes Lisa Habe who is president and chairman of the board at Interlake Industries as well as a WiM board member. "We need people to come in at all levels and we need to appear more women-friendly," she says in the article.  "The concept is that you want to appear more women-friendly, because half of the workforce are women.  If it takes us to create an organization like this, then so be it. Obviously there's a need for it, because it took off." The article quotes several other WiM members as well as our director, Allison Grealis, who points out that WiM serves an important role, especially for small to midsize manufacturing companies who struggle to find the resources to dedicate to supporting women i...

President Obama will deliver his sixth State of the Union address tonight.  As we prepare for tonight's remarks, we are joining many others in reflecting on promises of SOTUs past. In 2014, CBS News reminds us , Obama offered plans on several issues of interest to WiM. First, job training for technical trades. In his 2014 speech the president said, "I've asked Vice President Biden to lead an across-the-board reform of America's training programs to make sure they have one mission: train Americans with the skills employers need, and match them to good jobs that need to be filled right now..." By CBS's measure , Obama pulled through on this goal.  The news outlet points to a report issued by Vice President Biden in September.  The report announced $450 million in grants to 27 community colleges, helping them to partner with employers and enhance programs that train students for jobs. We'd add to this count the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.  The ...

An exciting WiM event is scheduled for two weeks from today in Brookfield, WI. The WiM Wisconsin Chapter will host Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch for a luncheon on Monday, Jan. 26. Lt. Gov. Kleefisch WiM members and non-members are invited, and women from all levels of the manufacturing workforce are encouraged to attend. The luncheon will take place from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel - 375 S. Moorland Road in Brookfield. 11:00a - 11:30a  Registration & Networking  11:30a - 12:00p  Lunch is served  12:00p - 1:00p  Lieutenant Governor speaks Learn more on the WiM website here: http://www.womeninmanufacturing.org/emeevents/eventdescription/?CalendarEventKey=c323700a-93f5-4b4b-96ba-b30dbfc14dc1